Wednesday, December 19, 2012

12-19-12 jive

Good evening, it's
Wednesday, Dec. 19th. This is the Jive at Five - WESU's Daily community
calendar and run down of night time programming here on 88.1 FM WESU
Middletown, your station for NPR, Pacifica, independent and local public
affairs by day and the best in free-form community programming week
nights and weekends. I'm Bill Denert, producer and host of Thursday night's
Evening Jazz where "hearing is the best experience" and Connecticut's
number 1 Washington Nationals fan!. Thanks to all of the WESU listeners who
have chosen to give the gift of community radio during our 8th annual Winter
Holiday Pledge drive! If you haven’t yet had a chance to do your part, you can
still make that donation online at www.wesufm.org.

Here’s a brief rundown of some of the cultural and entertaining events
happening in our area this week:

Tonight at the Buttonwood, Deni hosts a free night of Karaoke. Friday
night, The Buttonwood Tree welcomes Joe Flood back to the stage for a double
bill with George Breakfast for an evening of American music called A Window
Shoppers X-Mas. Saturday brings The Annual staged reading of Dylan Thomas’ “A
Child’s Christmas in Wales” performed live by Peter Loffredo accompanied
by Eric Esposito with two Shows at 3:00 and 7:00 pm. Admission by
donations plus a non-perishable food item for The Amazing Grace Pantry.
Saturday evening’s appearance by Jen Hill at The Buttonwood has been postponed.

Each Sunday, Food Not Bombs shares food in front of the Buttonwood Tree.
You're invited to help prepare them prepare their vegetarian meal at the First
Church on Court Street at 11:30 am.

Throughout December, you can catch a photography exhibit by none other than
WESU's own DJ Bill Revill, host of our Tuesday evening Folks music show, the
Acoustic Blender will be exhibited. It's an eclectic selection of subjects that
includes musicians, landscapes, seascapes, local agricultural fairs and more.
You can always find out more about buttonwood tree events at www.buttonwood.org

Up in Hartford at Blackeyed Sally’s tonight, it's their longstanding Blues Jam
session hosted by BRANDT TAYLOR this week. Thursday brings Hartford native
Steve Balkun’s Blues Band to Sally's. The Colby's Xmas Stocking Stuffer takes
the Sally's stage for an evening of Louisiana spiced music. More can be
found online at blackeyedsallys.com

At the First Church of Christ on Court Street in Middletown, tonight at 7pm,
there’s an ongoing Scottish country dance class for all levels of experience.
Call 860-347-0278 for more information.

Down at Toad's Place in New Haven, tonight brings their weekly Electronic Dance
Music Night. Friday brings the return of “Dirty” John Valby’s XXX-Mas show.
Saturday night brings Kung Fu’s Christmas Spectacular featuring Break Science,
Viral sound, and connection. This is event is also a Toy drive for needy
kids.

On the lily pad stage at Toad’s Saturday night Afton presents over 10 local
bands. Sunday night you can catch Steady habits, Wess Meets West, and The Royal
Swindle on the Lily pad Stage. More information about all Toad’s shows
can be found at www.toadsplace.com

Thursday night here in Middletown, The Russell Library presents the writing
workshop: “We Were There: Writing Your Military Experiences” under the direction
of author Elisabeth Petry . This series invites veterans to share their stories
in their own voices Thursdays - through Dec 27 at 7pmin Meeting Room 2 www.russelllibrary.org

On the third Thursday of every month, creative people come together for
conversation, art and music at Real Art Way’s Creative Cocktail hour in
Hartford. This month’s offers a Silent Disco party where the crowd dances to DJ
that plays through individual wireless headphones.

Now Here’s a rundown of cinema off the beaten path here in Central Connecticut:

At Real Art Ways in Hartford tonight you can catch "The Flat",
"a film that begins as a family quest but evolves into a gripping study of
know-don't-tell reticence and the umbilical tie of a lost homeland."

Also tonight, Real Art Ways is showing “The Waiting Room”a character-driven
documentary film that uses extraordinary access to go behind the doors of an
American public hospital struggling to care for a community of largely
uninsured patients. Tonight’s screening will be followed by a panel discussion
about health care. There will be no films shown Thursday night. Friday Real Art
Ways opens a run of “In the Family” a drama about an adopted child caught in a
custody battle after one of his fathers dies unexpectedly. Saturday
brings Real Art Ways shows Best of NY Int’l Children’s Film Festival Kid Flix
Mix 2012 on the screen at 2pm offering a colorful collection of short films
from around the world, suited for audiences, ages 4 to 8. More information at www.realartways.org .

Through Friday, Cinestudio, Trinity College's cinema, is now showing Cloud
Atlas the film adaptation of a book by British author David Mitchell wherein
six interwoven stories, featuring a 19th century bisexual musician in Belgium,
and a fast-food worker of the totalitarian future are interweaved. More at www.cinestudio.org .

Now here’s a rundown of tonight’s programming on WESU.

Right after the Jive at 5, it's the Needle Drop with Anthony Fantano. An hour
of the latest and greatest in the world of independent rock, pop, electronic,
and experimental music out there today.

From 6-6:30 it's
Free Speech Radio News. Your daily dose of alternative international news and
reporting from the Pacifica Network.

Starting at 6:30 and running until 8pm it's Fusion Radio with James Fusion.
Techno from around the globe mixed live since 1992. It's a vinyl world!

From 8-9:30pm it's The Warehouse with Mike Nyce. The best of underground house
music, mixed live for your listening pleasure.

Beginning at 9:30 until11pm it's The Vault with DJ Anton Banks. On the air
since 1995! Presenting listeners with the very latest in underground
electronica on vinyl format, so the music can be heard as it was intended.
Regularly featuring exclusive sets from international producers and DJs.

Then from 11pm-midnight, it's The Smorgasboard with Hygge Li and Maneki Neko
A colossal mix of electronic infused with the spices of dance.

The BBC World News Service kicks on at 4AM and we begin tomorrow's broadcast at
5 a.m. with Morning Edition from NPR.

That’s all for today’s Jive at Five, if you didn’t get a chance to write down
some of the information mentioned in our community calendar, the script is
published online at www.wesufm.org/jive,
and if you know of any events that you'd like to have announced on the Jive,
send them to jive@wesufm.org

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